Here's a piece I made recently in which I embedded a cubic zirconia and some fine silver balls... this was sort of fun. Getting the CZ to stay and not fall over was tricky and I made a few that didn't come out with the CZ standing up so well but hey....
These are the stones I have to embed in PMC so I knew I could fire them without any problems.
Fun and interesting anyway.. it's much brighter in person...I just scanned it in quickly...
~Nan
New Dichroic Piece - experiment
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Re: New Dichroic Piece - experiment
kewl! very interesting effect!GlassOrchid wrote:Here's a piece I made recently in which I embedded a cubic zirconia and some fine silver balls... this was sort of fun. Getting the CZ to stay and not fall over was tricky and I made a few that didn't come out with the CZ standing up so well but hey....
These are the stones I have to embed in PMC so I knew I could fire them without any problems.
Fun and interesting anyway.. it's much brighter in person...I just scanned it in quickly...
~Nan
is the cz completely under the glass?
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Yep, it's all the way in there. I built a little 'hole' in the pieces of dichro I stacked up to support it in place. A few other ones still tilted as the glass melted but this one stayed right where it belonged. I've got a few other ideas about how to make it work everytime but need more play time...... all our life stories.....
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... I should be working but I missed the board.....
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... I should be working but I missed the board.....
GlassOrchid wrote:Yep, it's all the way in there. I built a little 'hole' in the pieces of dichro I stacked up to support it in place. A few other ones still tilted as the glass melted but this one stayed right where it belonged. I've got a few other ideas about how to make it work everytime but need more play time...... all our life stories.....
~N
... I should be working but I missed the board.....
lololol never enuf r&d time nor enuf kilns to do all the r&d AND the production work when we really want to ;P i like the look tho' - very different
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Very pretty!
A trick for putting cz's in beads is gluing them on the end of your mandrel, heating the spot on the bead where you want them to go & poking them in. This works very well for beads but of course cabs are a horse of a different color.
Has anyone tried making small pellets out of kiln paper, laying them on your shelf, laying your cab face down & fusing to make an impression & then turning the cab over & setting the stone in that depression in the next fuse.
I know...it sounds like a LOT of work doesn't it?
A trick for putting cz's in beads is gluing them on the end of your mandrel, heating the spot on the bead where you want them to go & poking them in. This works very well for beads but of course cabs are a horse of a different color.
Has anyone tried making small pellets out of kiln paper, laying them on your shelf, laying your cab face down & fusing to make an impression & then turning the cab over & setting the stone in that depression in the next fuse.
I know...it sounds like a LOT of work doesn't it?
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That's a good idea... I've also been thinking about making the cab, drilling a hole, placing the CZ in and then capping with clear and refiring... I think that would work pretty well but is a bit of extra work...
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